Clary Sage
From Wikur Essential Oils and Fragrances
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Salvia sclarea
- Other Names : Europe Sage, Salvia Romana, Muskateller Salbei
- CAS Number : 8016-63-5
- Origin : France, Greece, Russia
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : Leaves and Tops
- Crop : July to October
- Solvent Extracted Absolute or steam distillation of the flowering tops
- Physical Description : Extremely thick, waxy substance that is solid at room temperature and requires special use instructions to blend.
Olfactory Description
- Family : Amber
- Perfumery Note: Middle / Fixative
- rich herbaceous herbal sweet tenacious warm amber ambery floral lavender honey tobacco
Chemical Constituents
Sclareol is the main constituent (> 70 %) of the essential oil (concrete) made by extraction
- Linalyl acetate : 14,30 - 73,6 %
- Linalool : 9 - 32,97 %
- linalool oxide furanoid : Trace
- alpha-terpineol : 5,63 - 15,10 %
- anhydrolinalool oxide furanoid : Trace
- bornyl acetate : Trace
- beta-bourbonene : Trace
- camphene : trace
- Geranyl acetate : 0,30 - 7,50 %
- Germacrene D : 1,60 - 7,57 %
- Beta-caryophyllene : 1,40 - 4,80 %
- caryophyllene oxide : 0,30 - 0,60 %
- alpha-copaene : 0,10 - 0,20 %
- geraniol : 0,10 - 0,30 %
- alpha-cubebene : trace
- para-cymene : trace
- 2-hexen-1-al : trace
- 2-hexen-1-ol : trace
- 3-hexen-1-ol : Trace - 0,10 %
- mint sulfide : Trace
- limonene : 0,10 - 0,20 %
- Neryl acetate : 0,20 - 5,20 %
- Nerol : trace - 5,50 %
- Sclareol : 0,10 - 70 %
- Myrcene : 0,10 - 1,61 %
- Valencene : 2,84 %
- ocimene : 0,10 - 0,20 %
- hexanal : trace
- allo-ocimene : trace
- 1-octen-3-ol : trace
- alpha-pinene : 0,10 - 0,20 %
- beta-pinene : 0,10 - 0,30 %
- Sabinene : trace
- Spathulenol : trace
- terpinen-4-ol : Trace - 0,10 %
- alpha-terpinene : trace
- alpha-terpineol : 0,20 - 0,60 %
- terpinolene : trace
- alpha-terpinyl acetate : trace
Aromatherapy
http://wikiwel.com/wikihealing//index.php?title=Salvia_Sclarea